Vending machine



' Sept. 9", 1924. 1,507,999

H. HUBBARD VENDING momma Filed Oct. 27, 1922 a sheets-Shut 2 29 4 j fi-2a I 3Q, ab 5 40 9 22 L16 M a8 um/c 1M u/ ATTORNEYS WITNE SES Sept. 9.1924 1,507,999

H..HUBBARD VENDING MACHINE Filed Oct. 27 1922 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 :(jv' 5%H I mm I WITNESSES ATTORNEYS Patented Sept. 9, 19240 nurrao staresHOVI'ARD HUBBARD,

or. BILL, OKLAHGMA.

VENDING MACHINE.

Application filed October 27, 1922. aerial No.1597',363.

To all whom it may concemi:

Be it known that I, HOWARD H BBARD, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Dill, in the county of WVashita and State of Oklahoma,have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Vending lf[achines rto'permitof view of the articles within the of which the following is aspecification.

' objects of like nature, and one adapted to vending of various otherarticles with but slight change, primary object being the illustratemypresent invention and form a part of thisspecification,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the vending machine as a whole,

My present invention relates generally to vending machines, and moreparticularly to machines for dispensing pencils, cigars and provision ofa simple inexpensive check or coin controlled mechanism byuneansof"which a comparatively 'SIIIlPlG inexpensive vending machine as a wholemay be pro= duced and one which at the same time will be effective andefficient to defeat improper withdrawals.

In the accompanying drawings which Figure 2 is a central verticallongitudinal section taken therethro'ugh on line 22 of Figure 3,

Figure 3 1s a horizontal sectiontaken on) line 33 of Figure 2,

Figure 4 is a vertical transverse section taken on line 4% of Figure 2,Figure 5 1s an enlarged section through a portion of the machine takenapproximately on line 5 -5 of Figure 3, showing the? parts in normalposition.

' Figure 6 is a view similar to Figure 5 with'the parts in position atthe start of movement of the dispensing slide or plunger afterintroduction of a coin,

Figure 7 is another similar viewsho-wing' the slide farther advancedtoward the point at which the coin is dropped,

Figure 8 is another similar view showingthe full advanced position ofthe slide ready to start upon its rearward movement, and

Figure 9 is a detail perspective view of;

the handle of the plunger or slide removed;

Referring now to these figures and par--- ticularly to Figures 1 and2-myinventiou. proposes the employment of a rectangular casing generallyindicated at 10, which may be formed of sheet metal, with a transverseslot 11in the forward portion of its top 12 providing for introductionof pencils, cigars and the like into the upper section of the casing andinto the article hopper 13 formed within salduppersectlon of the casingabove a horizontal stationary slide or plunger; supporting plate 14:. iy y f Theupper portion of the front wall 15 may have'atransparent'section 16 in order hopper 13 and the lowensection of thisfront wall has 1 a-slo-t 17 'through rwhich the articles may be'withdrawnafter they are dispensed downwardly through the dispensingaperture 18 of the plate 14: from whichthey fa ll upon adownwardly and-(forwardly in clined -d-'is"charge plate 19, the latter 'l'ocated-withi1ttli'e lower section of the {casing ment 20.

' Slidablydisposed in fiat-Wise relation upon the supporting 'plate14ers the slide or plunger 22,, which is shiftable forwardly andre'arwardl'y icy virtue of aforwardly through an aperture in thefrontwall and having a curved front end 24, this rodforminga handlevfor'the' slide so that the latter andalso moved'rearwardly tothe'rearposition where;aperture alines vertically with-the dispensing aperture18 ofthesupporting plate 14;.

Rearwardly of its dispensing aperture or slot- 25,gtheslide or plunger22 hasa coin rece'iving aperture 27 a1id in the rearmost or normalposition of the slide or plunger, this inner-lower end ofthecoiirchute28, Whose upper 'outerend 29'opens 'through'the upseen in Figure3fwhich' provides for the casting outof coins of 'a smaller size-thanthose contemplatetlfor the proper actuation of the dispensing mechanism.r

' 'At'therear of its 'dispensirfgaperture or slot 18,thesupporting'plate141mg air-open extending "rod? 23 projectingforwardly coin receivingaperture is alinedbe-neath the a "mg 31"longitudinallyalinedwiththe'ooinreceiving aperture 27 of the slide and positioned forwardlybeyond the latter when the slide 22 is in its rearmost position so thatthe latter, with a coin in its aperture 27,

must travel forwardly a slight distance before the coin so held by theslide can drop through the opening 31 of the supporting plate 14 andinto the coin chamber 20.

In order to normally hold the slide or plunger 22 against forwardmovement, a hook 32 normally extends downwardly through the alineddispensing apertures 25 of the slide and 18 of the supporting plate asbest seen in Figure 5, this hook 32 being formed upon one end of theforwardly projecting arm 33 of a coiled wire body 3 1-, the latter beingfixed upon a. transverse shaft 35 whose opposite ends are looselydisposed in bearing boxes 36 supported by the inner surfaces of the sidewalls 37 of the casing 10 as seen in Figures 2, 3 and 4c in particular,whereby the shaft coacts with the coiled body thereon in the formationof a latch. At its opposite end the coiled body 34 has a depending arm38 which as seen in Figure 3 and in Figures 5 to 8 inclusive, dependsthrough the coin receiving aperture 27 of the slide 22, and also throughthe coin releasing aperture 31 of the supporting plate 14, it being thuspositioned for engagement by a coin 39 disposed in the coin receivingaperture 27 of the slide.

It is obvious from an inspection. of Fig ure 5 that with the parts innormal position the hook 32 of the latch prevents the slide 22 frombeing shifted forwardly and it will be observed from this figure thatthe slide is normally held in its rearmost position by means of a spring40 attached at its forward end to the slide and at its rear end to therear wall 41 of the casing so that the slide is thus maintained inposition to receive a coin 39 through the coin chute 28 and within thecoin receiving aperture 27 of the slide forwardly of the depending arm38 of the latch. With the coin in position as just described, the operator by grasping the handle 24 can shift the slide 22 forwardlybecause of the engagement of the coin 39 as seen in Figure 6 with thearm 38 so as to thus rock the latch and lift the hook 32 above the slide22. As forward movement of the slide continues and the coin reaches theopening 31 of plate 14, the coin upon falling as shown in dotted linesin Figure 7 releases the latch but as the slide has then progressed to apoint where its dispensing aperture 25 is forwardly of the hook 32 thelatter simply drops upon the surface of the slide and the slide is freefor a continuance of its forward movement until its dispensing aperture25 is below the mouth 26 of the hopper 13 from which it receives itssupply of pencils,

cigars or other articles. At this point it is to be noted that while theaperture is shown in Figure 8 as receiving three of the pencils or otherarticles, the number of articles dispensed at each operation iscontrolled by th dimensions of the aperture 25 and it thus becomes quiteobvious that one, two or three articles may be dispensed at a time asmay be desired.

After having drawn the handle 2 f forwardly to the full extent ofmovement of the slide, it is then shifted rearwardly, or if releasedwill move rearwardly under ten.- sion of spring 40.

1 claim:

1. A vending machine including a manually shiftable slide having anarticle re ceiving slot and a coin receiving aperture, a magazineopening downwardly upon the slide, a stationary supporting plate onwhich the slide is shiftable, having a slot with which the said slot ofthe slide is normally registered, and having a coin releasing aperturewith which the coin receiving aperture of the slide is registrable uponforward n'iovement of the slide, and a controlling member mounted toswing vertically above the rear portion of the slide, having a hookdepending through said slots of the slide and. its supporting plate tohold the slide from movement, and also having an arm normally dependingthrough the forward portion of the coin receiving aperture of the slidefor engagement and actuation by a coin within said aperture.

2. A vending machine including a manually shiftable slide having anarticle receiving slot and a coin receiving aperture, a magazine openingdownwardly upon the slide, a stationary supporting plate on which theslide is shiftable, having a slot with which the said slot of the slideis normally registered, and having a coin releasing aperture with whichthe coin receiving aperture of the slide is registrable upon forwardmovement of the slide, and controlling member mounted to swingvertically above the rear portion of the slide, having a hook dependingthrough said slots of the slide and its supporting plate, to hold theslide from movement, and also having an arm uorn'iallyj dependingthrough the forward portion of the coin receiving ape the slide forengagement and actu. tion by a coin within said aperture, L icontrolling; member having a coiled body. and a cross bar above the rearportion of the slide on which the said. coiled body of the controllingmember is mounted.

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